The Queensland Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal against conviction, holding that the jury's verdicts of guilty on two counts of rape were not rendered unsafe or unsatisfactory by the acquittals on one count of rape and two counts of indecent treatment, applying the principles in Jones v The Queen and Mackenzie v The Queen regarding inconsistent verdicts. The Court also held that the trial judge did not err in failing to give a specific limited-use direction regarding evidence of the appellant's violent acts towards the complainant, distinguishing R v D on the facts. The sentence of seven years' imprisonment for two counts of rape of a stepdaughter was not found to be manifestly excessive.
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